Concerts
The 2025 Pärnu Music Festival pays tribute to Arvo Pärt on his 90th birthday and celebrates the festival’s 15th edition in Estonia’s Summer Capital.
Saturday, July 19 at 20:00, Pärnu Concert Hall
Paavo Järvi
Kalev Kuljus (oboe)
Estonian Festival Orchestra
Arvo Pärt (1935) – La Sindone (2005)
Erkki-Sven Tüür (1959) – Concerto for Oboe and Orchestra ‘Desert Wind’ (2024) (Estonian premiere)
Arvo Pärt (1935) – Silhouette (2009)
Igor Stravinsky (1882–1971) – Suite from the ballet Firebird (1910)
Sunday, July 20 at 20:00, Pärnu Concert Hall
Paavo Järvi
Hans Christian Aavik and Mari Poll (violins)
Estonian Festival Orchestra
Elis Hallik (1986) – Oriri (premiere)
Arvo Pärt (1935) – Tabula rasa (1977)
Arvo Pärt (1935) – Silhouette (2009)
Igor Stravinsky (1882–1971) – Suite from the ballet Firebird (1910)
Thursday, July 24 at 20:00, Pärnu Concert Hall
Paavo Järvi
Iveta Apkalna (organ)
Estonian Festival Orchestra
Arvo Pärt (1935) – Swansong (2013)
Francis Poulenc (1899–1963) – Organ Concerto in G minor (1938)
Arvo Pärt (1935) – Für Lennart in memoriam (2006)
Ludwig van Beethoven (1770–1827) – Symphony No. 7 in A major Op. 92 (1812)
Friday, July 25 at 20:00, Pärnu Concert Hall
Paavo Järvi
Vilde Frang (violin)
Estonian National Male Choir
Girls’ Choir Ellerhein
Estonian Festival Orchestra
Alisson Kruusmaa (1992) – Valse lente (premiere)
Ludwig van Beethoven (1770–1827) – Violin Concerto in D major Op. 61 (1806)
Ludwig van Beethoven (1770–1827) – Symphony No. 7 in A major Op. 92 (1812)
Arvo Pärt (1935) – Credo (1968)
Pärnu Music Festival programme
Saturday, October 18 at 19:30, Wiener Konzerthaus
Paavo Järvi
Midori, Hans Christian Aavik (violins)
Kalle Randalu (piano)
Choir “DOGMA”
Estonian Festival Orchestra
Arvo Pärt (1935) – Cantus in Memory of Benjamin Britten
Arvo Pärt – Perpetuum mobile
Arvo Pärt – La Sindone
Arvo Pärt – Tabula Rasa
Arvo Pärt – Fratres
Arvo Pärt – Da Pacem
Arvo Pärt – Swansong
Arvo Pärt – Credo
Sunday, October 19 at 17:00, Tonhalle Zürich
Paavo Järvi
Midori, Hans Christian Aavik (violins)
Estonian Festival Orchestra
Arvo Pärt (1935) – Collage über B-A-C-H
Arvo Pärt – Swansong
Arvo Pärt – Perpetuum mobile
Arvo Pärt – La Sindone
Arvo Pärt – Tabula Rasa
Monday, October 20 at 20:00, Elbphilharmonie Hamburg
Paavo Järvi
Midori, Hans Christian Aavik (violins)
Estonian Festival Orchestra
Arvo Pärt (1935) – Collage über B-A-C-H
Arvo Pärt – Swansong
Arvo Pärt – Tabula Rasa
Arvo Pärt – Perpetuum mobile
Arvo Pärt – Summa
Arvo Pärt – Fratres
Arvo Pärt – Passacaglia
Arvo Pärt – La Sindone
Arvo Pärt – Cantus in Memory of Benjamin Britten
Thursday, October 23 at 20:00, Carnegie Hall
Paavo Järvi
Midori, Hans Christian Aavik (violins)
Nico Muhly (piano)
Estonian Philharmonic Chamber Choir
Estonian Festival Orchestra
Arvo Pärt (1935) – Cantus in Memory of Benjamin Britten
Arvo Pärt – Perpetuum mobile
Arvo Pärt – La Sindone
Arvo Pärt – Adam’s Lament
Arvo Pärt – Tabula Rasa
Arvo Pärt – Fratres
Arvo Pärt – Swansong
Arvo Pärt – Credo